Jack said he wanted to watch the very first episode of Doctor Who, so we watched An Unearthly Child. Jack was glued to the screen, though he asked why there were no aliens towards the end.

I hadn't noticed before, but the tone of the first episode is quite similar in tone to Rose, the first of the new series, with Susan's teachers taking on the role of conspiracy theory investigators. Of course, there is a stark difference in the Doctor's attitude to humans. The first doctor had presumably been round the galaxy a couple of times, but this would appear to be his first visit to Earth, and he is deeply mistrustful of humans.

I'm off to my sister's to watch Dr Who (well, I'm going to visit, but we'll all be watching it while I'm there). I'm really looking forward to this episode, so it better not suck.

More comments later.

Well, maybe my standards are lower because there hasn't been an episode for four or five months, but I liked it!

Saw enough of this to see Billie Piper and Christopher Eccelston win. Yay!

Adated from a reply to davesangel...

I watched the last episode of the new Doctor Who series with Jack amd madangie last night.

( If you haven't seen it, you might want to skip this bit. )

And Jack, at age five, loves it, which has to be a good sign.

Hmmm, not bad.

( No real spoilers, but I thought I'd better cut rather than offend anybody. )

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